ted@nieland.DAYTON.OH.US (Ted Nieland) (04/16/91)
Tape: VAX90B Section: [.FAUCONNET] Reviewer: Jeffrey Jalbert This is a small contribution from DECUS France members to the Fall '90 tape. ================================================================================ [.VMSTAR] Contains a VMS tar reader/writer, based on the VMS2TAR and TAR2VMS programs. Installation: 5 Documentation: 5 Intended Audience: Whomever needs to read/write UN*X tar files Ease of use: 5 Usefullness: 5 Sources Included: Yes, C CLD included: n/a, define symbol to use a foreign command Help included: Yes Objects supplied: Yes, as well as a linker options file ================================================================================ [.PLOT_PS] Contains a library of C routines designed to build PostScript files from C programs. Installation: 5 Documentation: 5 (in TeX and Postscript) Intended Audience: Graphics programmers Ease of use: 4 Usefullness: 4 Sources Included: Yes, C. This is a plotting subroutine library CLD included: n/a Help included: n/a Objects supplied: Yes, in an object library Note that this revierwer did not compose a program using these routines. The functionality was reviewed as well as the documentation. Based on past experience these routines would be useful to persons attempting to produce postscript graphics from programs which are designed to plot on traditional plotters.